Towards the identification of a contextually-relevant school hearing screening protocol in the Western Cape
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2011
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This research study stemmed from my experience as a community-based Audiologist in the Mitchell's Plain sub-district in Cape Town, South Africa. During this time, I worked closely with the local school nurses and witnessed first-hand the many challenges that these health workers are faced with. Through my collaborative work with the Mitchell's Plain school health nurses I identified the urgent need for a contextually relevant hearing screening protocol to assist the school nurses in improving the current state of the school-based hearing screening service. I therefore embarked on this research process taking on the role of a 'clinician-researcher' who had prior relationships with the primary research participants i.e. the local school nurses.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-214).
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Cloete, T. 2011. Towards the identification of a contextually-relevant school hearing screening protocol in the Western Cape. University of Cape Town.